Latest figures for the quarter April to June 2023 are provided and compared to the same period in 2022. This is with the exception of the prison population where more recent data are available (30 September 2023).

It covers flows into these services (receptions into prison or probation starts) and flows out (releases from prison or probation terminations) as well as the caseload of these services at specific points in time.

In response to user needs, we have expanded the ex-service personnel publication tables to include an ‘offence group’ split for the first time.

Pre-release list Offender Management Statistics are produced and handled by the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) analytical professionals and production staff. Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:

Ministry of Justice Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State, Minister for Prisons, Minister for Youth Justice, Special Advisors (SpAds), Permanent secretaries, Relevant private secretaries (x9), Director General, Chief Financial Officer Group, Director of Prison Policy and Reform, Director of Data and Analysis, Deputy Director (Chief Statistician), Deputy Director, Data and Evidence as a Service (DES): DPRH, Deputy Director, Head of Bail, Sentencing and Release, Analytical officers (x12), Policy officers (x8), Press officers (x10).

HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) Deputy Director, Head of Public Protection Group (PPG), Head of Post-release Casework Section; Analytical officers (x1), Policy officers (x2)

Home Office Secretary of State, Private secretary (x1)

These statistics concentrate on the flow of children (aged 10 to 17) through the youth justice system in England and Wales. The data described comes from various sources including the Home Office (HO), Youth Custody Service (YCS), Ministry of Justice (MOJ), Youth Justice Services and youth secure estate providers. The report is produced by the Statistics and Analysis Team in the Youth Justice Board (YJB).

Details of the number of children arrested are provided along with proven offences, criminal history, characteristics of children, details of the number of children sentenced, those on remand, those in custody, reoffending and behaviour management.

The report is published, along with supplementary tables for each chapter, additional annexes, local level data, including in an open and accessible format, an infographic and local level maps.

Pre-release access

Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons (reflecting the cross-departmental responsibility for children committing crime and reoffending):

Ministry of Justice

Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Minister of State, Deputy Director, Youth Justice Policy, Head of Reducing Reoffending and Probation Data & Statistics, Head of PNC/Criminal Histories Team, Head of News, Deputy Head of News, Lead Psychologist and Reducing Reoffending, Policy lead on YJB and Thematics and the relevant special advisers, private secretaries, statisticians, analyst and press officers.

Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)

Head of YCS Information team, Head of briefing, and relevant statisticians and analyst.

YJB

YJB Board Chair, Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Strategy Officer, Director of Business Intelligence and Insights, Head of Statistics and Analysis, Head of Communications and the relevant statisticians, analyst and communication officers.

The Electronic Monitoring Statistics publication is published to ensure transparency of the use and delivery of electronic monitoring across England and Wales. It contains details of the number of individuals with an active electronic tag fitted, the numbers of new notification orders and the completed orders. This publication covers up to 30 September 2022.

This is the second release in the Electronic Monitoring Statistics publication series, and the first quarterly version of the report. We would welcome any feedback as to the content and format.

Pre-release list

The Electronic Monitoring Statistics publication is produced and handled by the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) analytical professionals and production staff. Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:

Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation (HMPPS)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State; Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice; Permanent Secretary; Second Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive Officer; Director General of Probation and Wales; Probation Reform Programme; Head of Electronic Monitoring Expansion; Head of Electronic Monitoring Future Services; Electronic Monitoring Commercial; Electronic Monitoring Operational Lead; Head of Electronic Monitoring Operations; Head of Electronic Monitoring Contract Management; Head of Electronic Monitoring Strategy and Design; Electronic Monitoring Policy and Strategic Projects; Data and Analytical Services Directorate Director; Data and Analytical Services Chief Data Officer; Head of Prisons; Probation and Reoffending, and Head of Profession for Statistics; Head of HMPPS Performance; Head of News and relevant press officers (x5).

Home Office

Electronic Monitoring Service Delivery Lead.

Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate statistics captures information on self-harm, assaults and deaths for all sectors within the Youth Custody Service: Youth Offender Institutes (YOIs), Secure Training Centres (STCs) and Secure Children’s Homes (SCHs).

Information will be published quarterly, in January, April, July and October.

This publication is released by the Youth Custody Service, HMPPS and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Pre-release list

Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate statistics are produced and handled by the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) analytical professionals and production staff. Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:

Ministry of Justice:

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State; Minister of State for Justice; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for victims, youth and family justice; Permanent Secretary; Director General, Policy, Communications and Analysis; Director, Prison Reform Policy; Director, Communication and Information; Director, Analytical Services; Deputy Director, Prison Safety and Security Policy; Deputy Director, Head of Prison and Probation Analytical Services; Head of Prison Reform Policy; Head of Prison, Probation, Reoffending and PbR Statistics; Prison Statistics Team Lead; press officer (x8); private secretaries (x9).

HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS):

Chief Executive Officer, HMPPS; Chief Operating Officer, HMPPS; Director, Security, Order & Counter Terrorism; Deputy Director, Head of Safer Custody and Public Protection Group; Head of Executive Management Team, HMPPS; Head of Safer Custody; Head of CEO’s Office; Operational Lead for the Safety Programme; Business Manager in Executive Management Team; Business Manager to CEO, HMPPS; Prison Safety Team; Executive Director, YCS; Deputy Director Quality, Information & Performance, Casework, Partnerships & Business Change, YCS; Deputy Director Operations, YCS; Deputy Director Commissioning, Contracts & Secure Schools, YCS; Head of Quality, Performance, Information & Operational Policy, YCS; Head of Briefing and Governance, YCS; Safety Lead, YCS.

On 26th June 2021 the privatised probation services (the Community Rehabilitation Companies) were returned to public control, and absorbed into the newly named “Probation Service”. The unified Probation Service is now responsible for managing all those on a community sentence or licence following their release from prison in England and Wales. The performance is monitored by the new Probation Performance Framework which is presented in these statistics.

Pre-release access

The bulletin was produced and handled by the ministry’s analytical professionals and production staff. For the bulletin pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:

Ministry of Justice:

Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor; Permanent Secretary; Director General of Probation; Chief Probation Officer; Chief Financial Officer; Minister of State, Prisons and Probation; Deputy Private Secretary; Principal Private Secretary; Deputy Principal Private Secretary, Head of Prisons and Probation Desk; Private Secretary; Deputy Private Secretary; Head of Office; Deputy Director, Office of Director General for Probation; Programme Director, Probation Programme; Deputy Director, Probation Programme; Chief Executive, New Futures Network; Head of Performance Intelligence Function; Deputy Director, Effective Practice and Service Improvement; Head of Policy and Briefing; Directorate of Reducing Reoffending, Partnerships and Accommodation; Deputy Director Rehabilitation Policy; Press Officer (x14); Head of Data and Insight, New Futures Network; Probation Reform Programme - Policy and Briefing; Acting Deputy Director, Office of the Director General for Probation, Wales and Youth; Communications Manager – Community Accommodation Service (CAS); CAS Project Support Officer; Chief Operating Officer, New Futures Network; Head of Profession; Head of HMPPS Performance; Deputy Director of Data and Evidence as a Service; Director of Data and Analysis; Performance Analyst (x7); Operational Researcher; Business Intelligence Support Analyst; Principle Social Researcher, Criminal Justice Analytical Priority Projects; Head of Criminal Justice Analytical Priority Projects; Principal Research Officer, Reducing Reoffending (x2); Head of Reducing Reoffending Business Partnering Team; Director of Prison Policy; Director General of Policy; Head of Prison Performance; Prison Performance Analyst (x3).

HM Prison and Probation Service:

Chief Executive Officer of HMPPS; Executive Director - Strategy Planning and Performance; Director General of Prisons; DG and COO Prisons; Chief Operating Officer of Prisons; Executive Director - Prisons South; Executive Director - Prisons North; Executive Director - Long Term High Secure Estate; Executive Director - HMPPS Wales; Executive Director - Privately Managed Prisons; Executive Director - Youth Custody Service; Deputy Director - Effective Practice and Service Improvement Group; Head of Performance Improvement; Head of Performance Intelligence; Head of Information - Youth Custody Service.

Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate statistics captures information on self-harm, assaults and deaths for all sectors within the Youth Custody Service: Youth Offender Institutes (YOIs), Secure Training Centres (STCs) and Secure Children’s Homes (SCHs).

Information will be published quarterly, in January, April, July and October.

This publication is released by the Youth Custody Service, HMPPS and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Pre-release list

Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate statistics are produced and handled by the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) analytical professionals and production staff. Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:

Ministry of Justice

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State; Minister of State for Justice; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for victims, youth and family justice; Permanent Secretary; Director General, Policy, Communications and Analysis; Director, Prison Reform Policy; Director, Communication and Information; Director, Analytical Services; Deputy Director, Prison Safety and Security Policy; Deputy Director, Head of Prison and Probation Analytical Services; Head of Prison Reform Policy; Head of Prison, Probation, Reoffending and PbR Statistics; Prison Statistics Team Lead; press officer (x8); private secretaries (x9).

HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)

Chief Executive Officer, HMPPS; Chief Operating Officer, HMPPS; Director, Security, Order & Counter Terrorism; Deputy Director, Head of Safer Custody and Public Protection Group; Head of Executive Management Team, HMPPS; Head of Safer Custody; Head of CEO’s Office; Operational Lead for the Safety Programme; Business Manager in Executive Management Team; Business Manager to CEO, HMPPS; Prison Safety Team; Executive Director, YCS; Deputy Director Quality, Information & Performance, Casework, Partnerships & Business Change, YCS; Deputy Director Operations, YCS; Deputy Director Commissioning, Contracts & Secure Schools, YCS; Head of Quality, Performance, Information & Operational Policy, YCS; Head of Briefing and Governance, YCS; Safety Lead, YCS.

Youth Justice Board (YJB)

YJB Statistician

The HMPPS annual Staff Equalities Report considers profiles and processes of the HMPPS workforce from an equalities perspective. Data is for England and Wales. This publication updates statistics on HMPPS staffing issues up to the end of March 2022.

The bulletin is released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Pre-release list

HMPPS workforce bulletin is produced and handled by the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) analytical professionals and production staff. Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:

Ministry of Justice

Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for Justice; Minister of State for Justice (x2), Permanent Secretaries (x2); Finance Strategy & Planning (x1); Deputy Director Workforce Experience & People Insight; Director HR Operations; Deputy Director, MoJ Resourcing, Selection & Onboarding; Policy Lead, Prison Workforce Policy; Policy Lead, Probation Workforce Programme, Capacity & Efficiency Team; Group Head of Resourcing Policy & Expert Services; Head of Briefing & Governance, Youth Custody Service; Director of Communications; Press officers (x3); Private secretaries (x4); Special advisors (x2); Head of Access to Justice Statistics; Interim Director of Analysis, Data & Analysis; Deputy Director & Chief Statistician, Data & Evidence as a Service; Workforce Statistics & Analysis (x5); Head of Strategic Workforce & Pay Modelling; Head of HMPPS Paybill & Workforce Modelling

HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)

Director General of Operations for Prisons & Probation; Head of Office for the Director General, Chief Operating Officer & Deputy Director of Prisons